Spelling and Vocabulary Words for 1/20-2/4

Spelling Words

Prefixes un-, dis-, and in-

1.uncertain

2.unlikely

3.unfair

4.unaware

5.unopened

6.unimportant

7.unlisted

8.unsolved

9.unsuspecting

10.incomplete

11. discontinue

12. disorder

13. discount

14. indirect

15. disrespect

16. disrepair

17. inability

18. disapprove

19. disobey

20. distrust
(*Students who are tested on ten words will be tested on numbers 1-10)

Vocabulary Words (These words are taken from this weeks selection Encyclopedia Brown)

Am-phib-ians cold-blooded animals with backbones and moist, scaleless skins. Their young usually have gills and live un water until they develop lungs for living on land.

Crime activity of criminals; violation of law

Ex-hib-it display or public showing

Liz-ards reptiles with long bodies and tails, movable eyelids, and usually four legs. Some lizards have no legs and look much like snakes.

Ref-er-ence used for information or help.

Rep-tiles cold-blooded animals with backbones and lungs, usually covered with horny plates or scales

Sal-a-man-ders animals shaped like lizards, but related to frogs and toads. Salamanders have moist, smooth skin and live in water or in damp places.

Stumped puzzled

This weeks writing

This week we will write a realistic fiction story about a mystery we would like to solve. Realistic fiction is a story about people and events that are not real, but could be. In realistic fiction, the reader should feel as if he or she is reading about a real person or real people. The setting and the events are true to life. That is, they could really happen.